Calibrate a Laptop screen?
Posted 29/01/2012 - 22:29
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Dave,
That is only your first problem. The shift in colour of TN screens means they are rather poor unless viewed from directly in front.
Secondly, laptop TN panels only have about 50% of the colour reproduction of sRGB and even less of AdobeRGB.
They can be calibrated to give a perceptive representation of colours and contrast.
Sadly few laptops incorporate IPS or SPVA panels as they are more expensive.
If you have the space and can afford it an LG eIPS display will be much better out of the box than a laptop screen will ever get calibrated.
We have 2 eIPS screens both of which required minimal correction and provide 100% sRGB coverage, which is what the printing labs we use work to.
That is only your first problem. The shift in colour of TN screens means they are rather poor unless viewed from directly in front.
Secondly, laptop TN panels only have about 50% of the colour reproduction of sRGB and even less of AdobeRGB.
They can be calibrated to give a perceptive representation of colours and contrast.
Sadly few laptops incorporate IPS or SPVA panels as they are more expensive.
If you have the space and can afford it an LG eIPS display will be much better out of the box than a laptop screen will ever get calibrated.
We have 2 eIPS screens both of which required minimal correction and provide 100% sRGB coverage, which is what the printing labs we use work to.
Posted 29/01/2012 - 22:58
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Laptop screens are not the best choice for imaging, and Tyr has summed it up nicely.
Best regards, John
Posted 30/01/2012 - 11:56
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Thanks Dan and John.
Thought that would be the outcome.
I do have a LG ips but due to the small space i live in laptop/monitor live on fold down tables which i have to put away after use,so a lot of the time i dont use the LG.
I also made the mistake of connecting the LG before loading the software as it is plug and play on WINDOWS 7, now the only thinks i can tweek are the brightness etc no colours or picture modes, i have removed the software and loaded again but makes no difference
I have used the LG for prints and found them to be dark compered to the screen, i will do some tests to find out how light they need to look on the screen to print out correctly.
I have also noticed shots taken indoors look fine on the laptop but shoots taken outdoors dont show the same colours as they do on the screen eg trees with green bark, but if you leave them 24hrs then look at them outside they look spot on (i can check this as the trees are outside the back of my flat) but look at them indoors and they dont look as good again, which just shows pictures need to be viewed in the right enviroment or is that just my excuse for taking poor shots.
Thanks for both your imput.
Regards
Dave
Thought that would be the outcome.
I do have a LG ips but due to the small space i live in laptop/monitor live on fold down tables which i have to put away after use,so a lot of the time i dont use the LG.
I also made the mistake of connecting the LG before loading the software as it is plug and play on WINDOWS 7, now the only thinks i can tweek are the brightness etc no colours or picture modes, i have removed the software and loaded again but makes no difference
I have used the LG for prints and found them to be dark compered to the screen, i will do some tests to find out how light they need to look on the screen to print out correctly.
I have also noticed shots taken indoors look fine on the laptop but shoots taken outdoors dont show the same colours as they do on the screen eg trees with green bark, but if you leave them 24hrs then look at them outside they look spot on (i can check this as the trees are outside the back of my flat) but look at them indoors and they dont look as good again, which just shows pictures need to be viewed in the right enviroment or is that just my excuse for taking poor shots.
Thanks for both your imput.
Regards
Dave
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How do you calibrate a laptop screen, when it changes colour with the angle of the screen.
Regards
Dave